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Why does a mirror only flip left and right but not high and low?

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Why does a mirror only flip left and right but not high and low?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

edit: Thank you to all who answered! I’m amazed at how many ways you came up with to answer this.

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Well, because it doesn’t flip anything. The light just bounces off, thus light from your right bounces back to your right.

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